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Delaware State Representatives met for the first time in history via a virtual session on Tuesday. (courtesy House Democratic Caucus)
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus update: State lawmakers launch virtual session

State Reps voted 39-2 to approve holding their legislative session virtually. The Senate is expected to follow suit today.

5 years ago

Protesters demonstrate at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, April 20, 2020, demanding that Gov. Tom Wolf reopen Pennsylvania's economy even as new social-distancing mandates took effect at stores and other commercial buildings. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Public Health

Protests, masks and public health: where do my rights end and yours begin?

A medical ethicist asks if anti-lockdown protesters "have a moral duty to forgo medical care in favor of those who follow the rules?"

Air Date: May 27, 2020 10:00 am

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Dr. Ala Stanford administers a COVID-19 swab test on Wade Jeffries in the parking lot of Pinn Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Stanford and other doctors formed the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium to offer testing and help address heath disparities in the African American community. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Neighborhoods
Public Health
Broke in Philly

North Philly’s Stanton community health center now offers COVID-19 testing

“This is a testament to our drive to get more testing in underserved communities,” Mayor Jim Kenney said at Tuesday’s opening.

5 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during a May 4, 2020, press conference on Pa.'s June 2 primary election. (Courtesy Gov. Wolf livestream)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Public Health
PA Post

As coronavirus restrictions continue to ease, Wolf says he’ll meet face-to-face with press starting Friday

Agencies based in Dauphin County should also process Right-to-Know requests as they normally would, an independent office says.

5 years ago

Jennifer Haller (left) is given the first shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus by a pharmacist, Monday, March 16, 2020, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The Why
Public Health

Rushing a COVID-19 vaccine

Scientists are racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, but a Philly expert says it takes years to do safely and outlines the risks of rushing the process.

Air Date: May 26, 2020

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Virus Outbreak Inside A New York ER
Health Care
National
Public Health

Dangerous blood clots pose a perplexing coronavirus threat

This feature is confounding doctors’ understanding of what was once considered mainly a respiratory infection. It's also raising questions about prevention and treatment.

5 years ago

Rehoboth Beach boardwalk (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware hotels can reopen, outdoor gatherings up to 250 permitted

Carney’s rolling reopening will also no longer require out-of-staters to self-quarantine for 14 days upon entering Delaware.

5 years ago

A homeless person sleeps at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Monday, May 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Homelessness
Income Inequality
Public Health

Philadelphia to test, move homeless sheltering at airport

Officials at Philadelphia International Airport had initially planned Friday to remove the between 50 and 100 homeless people.

5 years ago

An airwoman provides a COVID-19 test
National
Politics
Public Health

Federal coronavirus testing plan puts burden on states

The Trump administration’s new strategy for coronavirus testing comes as the U.S. death toll from the pandemic is approaching 100,000.

5 years ago

Customer wears face mask in Belmar, N.J.
National
Public Health

Risks complicate reopenings as WHO warns 1st wave not over

“Right now, we're not in the second wave. We're right in the middle of the first wave globally," said Dr. Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization's executive director.

5 years ago

FILE - This file image provided by U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service shows the website for HealthCare.gov. Many laid-off workers who lost health insurance in the coronavirus shutdown soon face the first deadlines to qualify for fallback coverage under the Affordable Care Act. (U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service via AP, File)
Health Care
Income Inequality
Public Health

1st deadlines for laid-off workers to get health insurance

Many laid-off workers who lost health insurance in the coronavirus shutdown soon face the first deadlines to qualify for fallback coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

5 years ago

hydroxychloroquine
International
Medicine
Public Health

UN virus therapy trial pauses hydroxychloroquine testing

The WHO will pause the hydroxychloroquine arm of its clinical trial after a published paper showed people taking the drug were at higher risk of death and heart problems.

5 years ago

Wilmington, Delaware
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Carney ready to reopen Delaware’s economy gradually

Gov. Carney said Delaware will reopen different sectors gradually in the next few days, to allow people to go back to work safely and to plan for the 4th of July weekend.

5 years ago

Philadelphia's Schuylkill River Trail
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Health

Outdoor tips, meal site schedules, city services: What you need to know this Memorial Day in Philly

The good news is that the city’s parks and trails will be open this weekend, with social distancing still in place.

5 years ago

The U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Community Living Center in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Military
Philadelphia
Public Health

How one nursing home is limiting the spread of COVID-19 among veterans

Testing is crucial at the VA Community Living Center in West Philly. Its medical center, a regional testing hub for infectious diseases, adapted equipment.

5 years ago

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